On March 31, 2004, insurgents ambushed, killed, and subsequently burned four American security contractors in Fallujah. In 2004 Fallujah had an estimated population of 250,000 to 300,000 residents. It is a densely populated, industrial city that grew as a way station along silk road branches that connected Baghdad to major population centers such as Aleppo, Syria. Fallujah rests on the banks of the Euphrates River. The city of Fallujah, located between the cities of Baghdad and Ramadi, became an insurgent hotbed and served as the base of operations for al Qaeda affiliate Jamat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad. The triangles’ points included the cities of Baghdad, Tikrit, and Ramadi. The insurgent stronghold was located within the “Sunni Triangle,” a densely populated region in central Iraq inhabited largely by Sunni Muslims. Bush declared that “ Major combat operations in Iraq have ended,” while standing beneath the “Mission Accomplished” banner onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, but a Sunni insurgency was already simmering. Some mistakenly believed that the war was over when President George W. The United States invaded Iraq in March 2003 and quickly overthrew Saddam Hussein and his Ba’ath Party government. The views expressed by General Rainey are his and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. James Rainey about the 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah Iraq. The excerpt is an edited conversation John Spencer had with Lt. NOTE: Any continuous 9 minutes sold at per reel rate.Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the book “Understanding Urban Warfare” published by Howgate Publishing and available for purchase at Amazon here. Freeze frame.īattle of Fallujah Fighting Horrors of War Violence Other weapons & RPG shells stacked carried out by Marine.Ģ0:16:33 Reflection of machine gun in Marine’s dark glasses, pull back to show w/ mounted gun on vehicle, hold & zoom back in & out. Setting explosive charge on outside of doorway, marines run in.Ģ0:15:35 CU Marine tying hand of Iraqi in house CU marine boots past ammunition belt on floor, picks up. Marines on rooftop w/ black smoke drifting past.Ģ0:14:38 Tank firing among ruined houses w/ dust raised.Ģ0:15:02 Firing machine gun over wall. Searching closets & furniture.Ģ0:14:03 Fire burning in building in house. MCU of one MCU of several firing.Ģ0:11:43 Marines running forward, over partially destroyed wall & to badly damaged building search inside CU outside firing automatic weapons inspecting interior of building, firing inside. Tank firing.Ģ0:09:55 Large armored bulldozer around corner of house.Ģ0:10:12 Silhouetted soldiers firing various weapons from behind & below in ?Ģ0:10:25 Abrams w/ reinforced plating firing, several in line firing. Men on top of M1A2 Abrams tank w/ turning turret firing machine guns. Tank in dust trying to start motor, firing machine gun & large gun. Building exploding w/ small mushroom cloud.Ģ0:07:39 Parked Stryker, starting, CU Marine seen thru flames of fire burning. LS of explosion w/ large cloud rising.Ģ0:06:31 LS (telephoto) of large shell laying on ground, pull back from one sitting vertical.Ģ0:06:52 LS of large smoke cloud rising after igniting flames from explosions. CUs Marine firing grenade launcher firing machine gun.Ģ0:05:17 Pile of weapons, marines set explosive charges in building on top of them, light fuze & leave. marines firing grenades from rooftop, gradually destroying brick wall w/ machine gun bullets.Ģ0:04:28 Camera running w/ Marines running towards fallen section of mudbrick wall.Ģ0:04:38 RPG shell discovered and handed to another Marine. Other views from roof, tank firing & large dirt cloud raised. Firing heavy guns into large brick building, tracers seen.Ģ0:02:10 Dusk, tracers over walls, roofs.Ģ0:02:42 Marines on rooftop, dark others up stairs onto rooftop.Ģ0:03:03 View from rooftop of tank turret turning, gunner firing over shoulder shot of several officers pointing. Partrol moving forward in line towards buildings, past marines crouched behind wall giving cover. CU large ammunition into gun.Ģ0:00:24 Marines w/ machine gun firing from behind dirt ditch. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: or contact us at: War - Color, 2004: Operation Phantom Fury: 3rd Battalion 1st Marines in Fallujah Nov-Dec04įiring grenades & automatic rifles into exterior sides of buildings.
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